The Running

Ron Layport, The Running, 2008, bleached maple, paint, dye, stain, and resin, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Windgate Charitable Foundation, 2010.50, © 2007, Ron Layport
Ron Layport, The Running, 2008, bleached maple, paint, dye, stain, and resin, 6 1218 in. (16.545.7 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Windgate Charitable Foundation, 2010.50, © 2007, Ron Layport

Artwork Details

Title
The Running
Artist
Date
2008
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
6 1218 in. (16.545.7 cm) diam.
Copyright
© 2007, Ron Layport
Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by the Windgate Charitable Foundation
Mediums Description
bleached maple, paint, dye, stain, and resin
Classifications
Subjects
  • Animal — deer
Object Number
2010.50

Artwork Description

Layport worked in advertising for forty years before pursuing woodworking in earnest. He is known for his intricate turned forms that "address the connection of humankind to Earth, and to the creatures with whom we share this planet." Carved from a single piece of maple, The Running draws on his skill as an illustrator as well as a craftsman. Though comprised of only five deer, the circular motif suggests an infinitely moving, massive herd.

Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019

Works by this artist (97 items)

Reginald Marsh, Locomotives, Jersey City, 1934, oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Felicia Meyer Marsh, 1979.127.1
Locomotives, Jersey City
Date1934
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
On view
Reginald Marsh, Untitled, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1979.127.4
Untitled
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view
Star Burlesk
Date1933
etching on paper
Not on view
Reginald Marsh, Untitled, 1927, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1979.127.3
Untitled
Date1927
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2016.11 - SAAM-2016.11_6 - 124929
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
November 13, 2015March 6, 2022
Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.

More Artworks from the Collection

Franklin Lafayette ("Fate") Becham, Double-Handled Whiskey Jug, before 1918, alkaline glaze stoneware, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.29
Double-Handled Whiskey Jug
Datebefore 1918
alkaline glaze stoneware
On view
Unidentified (American), Five-Gallon Home Brew Jar, ca. 1880, glazed stoneware, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.40
Five-Gallon Home Brew Jar
Artist
Unidentified (American)
Dateca. 1880
glazed stoneware
On view